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 people
Pine Gates at Train Mountain

Entering the Pine Gates for the first time.

photographer: Colin Murphy


 people
Ikon Shay at Weston Park, England

Bob Whitfield driving his three cylinder coal fired Shay build by Dave Giles of Auckland, New Zealand at Weston Park, England. The Rio Grande cars were built by Brett Rogers and are now owned by Arthur Henton.

photographer: Tricia Whitfield


 people
First time as a steam engineer

I'm hooked on steam. I hope my wife is, too, because I want a train now!  Mark steaming his first time as a engineer and his wife Kelly as the passenger. Hope she's enjoying it as much as he is, because he's hooked .

photographer: Al Wood


 kids
Mike and Logan driving Mack

Mike and Logan Boner at the Bittercreek Western Narrow Gauge meet Aug 13, 2006. On Grandpa's first Loco that their mother learned to drive, a Cannonball Super Mack.

photographer: Tom Osterdock


 people
Tammy Driving the Beam with friend

Tammy Boner and Chuck out on Dad's Conner Beam. This is Chucks first time on a train. Taken at the Bittercreek Western Narrow Gauge meet August 13, 2006.

photographer: Tom Osterdock


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Mallaney Creek No. 5

Howard Springer's 2 1/2" scale mikado stops in at the logging camp at Train Mountain.

photographer: Andy Frame


 seasons
End of a Great Day

End of a great day at Illinois Live Steamers Club in the fall of 2005, Steaming up Papa's Little Engines 4-4-0.  Pictured is Lea, 9 years old, her first time operating engineer of Little Engines 4-4-0 American (1.5 scale 7.5 gauge) Pulling her sister Lori, 8 years old in a pair of wooden D&RGW gondolas at ILS. 

photographer: Michael Bosek


 kids
Fire Wood Train

Nicholas (age 7) is already a competent engineer and is shown here bringing in a load of firewood cut from along the Ligonier Valley RR in Western PA. Dad gets to do the loading and unloading!

photographer: Randy Ross


 people
Getting steamed up

Dave Gehrke's 7.5" gauge RR in West Bend, WI. Steam doubleheader led by Brad Smith's 0-4-0 followed by a Shay going past a full-size signal. Bruce Moffat climbed up there to take photos and looks as though he's trying to figure out why his lens keeps getting fogged up!

photographer: Eric Bronsky


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Prairie Passage

Monon 81-A crosses a trestle approaching Katieville on the EJ&K, near Boone Iowa.

photographer: David Veneziano

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